CRACKLED

Verb

crackled

simple past tense and past participle of crackle

Adjective

crackled (not comparable)

(pottery) Having a crackle, or glaze resembling many small cracks.

Source: Wiktionary


Crac"kled (-k'ld), a. (Fine Arts)

Definition: Covered with minute cracks in the glaze; -- said of some kinds of porcelain and fine earthenware.

CRACKLE

Crac"kle (krk"k'l), v. i. Etym: [Dim. of crack.]

Definition: To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle. The unknown ice that crackles underneath them. Dryden.

Crac"kle, n.

1. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling. The crackle of fireworks. Carlyle.

2. (Med.)

Definition: A kind of crackling sound or râle, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle. Quain.

3. (Fine Arts)

Definition: A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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